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Target Species DRAFT - CHART3 USFWS SPECIES RESPONSE DATA AND MONITORING NEEDS PROGRAM WATER AND LAND Species Response Parameters/ Monitoring Approach, Indicators Species Data Required Location, Timing Frequency of whooping crane stopovers ......... ............................... WC -01 -S Spatial distribution of whooping crane stopovers Whooping Crane along the Platte River ................... WC -02 -S Whooping Crane group composition ........... ........................WC -03 -S Whooping Crane habitat characteristics ............................... WC -03 -S Breeding bird distribution and abundance .......... .....................LT /PP -01 -S Reproductive rate ................... LT 1PP -02 -S Interior Least Tern/ Nest success ...... .....................LT /PP -03 -S Piping Plover Fledge success ....................... LT /PP -04 -S Incidence of predation ........... LT /PP -05 -S Nest inundation .. .....................LT /PP -06 -S Prey availability ..... ........................LT -07 -S Location of LT /PP Nesting Sites Location of Whooping Crane Stopovers Approach: Location of Whooping Crane Stopover Aerial Surveys (including field Movement Tracking Hatching Success measurements) Activity Monitoring Approach: Systematic Ground Surveys (including Habitat Characteristics Habitat Characteristics field measurements) Channel Location: Opportunistic Sitings (including field Width [avg. width (wetted and active) per bridge segment] measurements) and active) per bridge segment] Nesting Season Location: Depth Discharge at nearest gage 90 -mile Reach In- channel Vegetation Approach: Timing: Discharge at nearest gage Sandbar Characteristics Spring and Fall Migration Period Bed Elevation Colony Sites Habitat Characteristics: Grain Size /Distribution Prey Availability Approach: Sandbar Characteristics Habitat Transects Elevation to Feeding /Foraging Location: Distance to Disturbance Whooping Crane roost sites Timing: Whooping Crane migration seasons Location of LT /PP Nesting Sites Nest Initiation Nest Loss Nest Success Hatching Success Location of LT /PP Nesting Colony Sites Fledge Rate Approach: Fledge Success Airboat Surveys Habitat Characteristics Systematic Ground Surveys Channel Location: Width [avg. width (wetted 90 -mile Reach and active) per bridge segment] Timing: Depth Nesting Season In- channel Vegetation Habitat Characteristics, Proximity of Colony Site Discharge at nearest gage Feeding /Foraging and Prey Availability Bed Elevation Approach: Grain Size /Distribution Habitat Transacts Sandbar Characteristics Location: Sand Area Colony Sites Elevation Timing: Prey Availability Nesting Season Size, Shape and Abundance Proximity of Colony Site to Feeding /Foraging Analysis Method Analysis Timing Trend Analysis F--� On -going to i -PH Trend Analysis 1p On -going USFWS, April 13, 2001